Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen, a.k.a. Sun Zhongshan, Sun Wen, was a Chinese physician, revolutionary, statesman, and political philosopher who founded the Republic of China (ROC) and its first political party, the Kuomintang (KMT). As the paramount leader of the 1911 Revolution, Sun is credited with overthrowing the Qing dynasty and served as the first president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China (1912) and as the inaugural premier of the Kuomintang.
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- Born in
- Cuiheng
- Educated at
- Queen's CollegePunahou SchoolʻIolani SchoolLi Ka Shing Faculty of MedicineBoji Medical College
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of Merit for National Foundation
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Trending topics shown first"The Chinese people have only family and clan solidarity; they do not have national spirit...they are just a heap of loose sand...Other men are the carving knife and serving dish; we are the fish and t…"
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1866
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Birth1925
Died
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